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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Romola, Volume I
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Romola, Volume I

author (Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, 1819 - 1880, London)
publisher (Schleinitz, present day Unterkaka, 1816 - 1895, Leipzig)
Date1863
Place MadeGermany, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions15.9 x 11.9 x 3.5 cm (6 1/4 x 4 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number7.T.1
eMuseum ID724747
EmbARK ObjectID18351
TMS Source ID6325
Last Updated10/16/24
DescriptionVol. 1 16º, 2 v. (391; 375 pages.) ; 16 cm.
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 26.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top left corner): 70 July / 2 vols £45 - / imp - 
Enclosed: Autograph letter from George Eliot (ARC.010156)
ProvenanceNotesProbably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner for £45 for two volumes before 1906.